AAS 200: Notable Kentucky African Americans Webpage Assignment

Greetings, Class Community.


One aspect of our learning asks students to create a webpage that makes a significant statement about a notable African American from Kentucky or the surrounding region. 

A successful project will express considerable information about a notable African American from Kentucky and research this person in context with a national/historical figure that has made similar contributions in African American life and culture. 
Convey your ideas using journalistic language or language similar to the language and vocabulary used in newspaper articles and credible blogs.
Dr. Hill

Here are examples of student research projects that students have produced in my courses. These projects focus on the connections between Sara Baartman , the Venus Hottentot, and current events/popular culture. Please take a minute to preview them.

• http://amandaamel.wix.com/scie
• http://humanzoowgs333.weebly.com/
• http://allylouise09.weebly.com/
• http://thetruthaboutbeauty.weebly.com/index.html
• http://videovixenredux.webstarts.com/index.html

In class we will discuss best practices and how to build webpages.  An understanding of web audience preferences will add to this conversation.  

STUDENT WEBSITES

Demarcus Hayden  http://whitneyyoungjr.weebly.com/

Christian Cook http://lydalewis.weebly.com/

Gillian Archer http://spencerbell.weebly.com/

Ashley Dunomes http://notablekyaas200.weebly.com/

Dustin Woosley http://johnssloan.weebly.com

Dwayne Fuller http://thepioneerdj.weebly.com/

Cornelius Cotton http://melvinmason.weebly.com 

Floyd (Brenton) Covington http://augustinedwardbirch.weebly.com/

Sarah Martin http://sarahmartin224.wix.com/notable-jockey#!sources/cv2k

Rockia Harris http://aaswhitneymyoungjr.weebly.com/

Brianna Coffee - http://thewomenbehind.weebly.com/

Sean Hardiman - http://hardimansean.wix.com/nikkyfinney

Miranda Fulce - http://359129944484029527.weebly.com

Nathan Moore - http://williamwellsbrown.weebly.com

Intersections in Creative Writing, Music, and History

Greetings, Class Community.

I wanted to take a moment to share an interview between poets and professors, Randall Horton and Tyehimba Jess.  Horton and Jess discuss persona poems,  language, titling complete works, McKoy (The Two-Headed Nightingale)  Sisters, freak show, and researching as a writer.

Arts@UNH Interview with Tyehimba Jess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svle6mPL9Hs&feature=autoshare

Randall Horton 

Randall Horton is an associate professor of English at the University of New Haven in Connecticut and the author of The Definition of Place (2006) and The Lingua Franca of Ninth Street (2009). He is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea González Poetry Award, and a National Endowment of the Arts Literature Fellowship. Randall is a fellow of Cave Canem and a member of the AffrilachianPoets, two organizations that support African American poetry; and a member of the Symphony: The House That Etheridge Built, a reading collective named for the poet Etheridge Knight. An excerpt from Horton’s memoir, Roxbury, is newly released as a chapbook.

Tyehimba Jess

Tyehimba Jess bridges slam and academic poetry. His first collection, leadbelly (2005), an exploration of the blues musician Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter’s life, was chosen for the National Poetry Series  and was voted one of the top three poetry books of the year by Black Issues Book Review. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly noted that “the collection’s strength lies in its contradictory forms; from biography to lyric to hard-driving prose poem, boast to song, all are soaked in the rhythm and dialect of Southern blues and the demands of honoring one’s talent.”

TedxNashvlle - Tyehimba Jess - Syncopated Sonnets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmtH0A5mVnA

Local Cultural Events

Greetings, AAS 200.

I am listing local cultural events pertaining to African American and ethnic studies. Most of them are free. You may want to check them out. 

Monday, Oct 21 - 7:00 pm W.T. Young Library @ University of Kentucky

"Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism"

Past Events:
September 1^st  3-5pm. The Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center, along with Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky, are happy to announce the Lyric Theatre’s Summer Film Series. This free  film series will take a nostalgic look back at a variety of films defining different eras in African American cinema. From the musical styling of Lena Horne in the 1943 classic ‘Stormy Weather’ to the comedic styling of Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier in 1975′s ‘A Piece of the Action’, the films in this series serve to both entertain and also provide a chance for a younger generation to participate in the movie-going experience and culture of times past.

September 7, 2013 10am – 12pm

This two mile walking tour will start at The Lyric Theatre and proceed out E. Third Street to the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden, up Nelson Avenue to William Wells Brown School, down Fifth Street to Race Street and back to Third Street. Participants will learn of the plans for the Memorial Art Garden, the development of Nelson Avenue, the history of the old Kentucky Association Race track and of the housing that developed on the property. As we come down Race Street more information about the residents on the street and why the name was changed from Lincoln Street to Race Street. Tour will be led by local Historian Yvonne Giles. Wear comfortable shoes and clothing suitable for the weather.

September 7, 2013 - Roots and Heritage Festival at the Lyric Theatre

Affrilachian Poets Showcase

4:00pm “Coal Black Voices” documentary

Coal Black Voices is an intimate mosaic of images, poetry, and storytelling by the Affrilachian Poets as they give glimpses of life in the American Black South and Appalachian region.

5:00pm “Affrilachian Poets Showcase”

As experienced in The Roots & Heritage Festival’s initial years, The Lyric Theatre is bringing back the Affrilachian Poets- this time to The Lyric stage.

Saturday, September 7th 4pm – 5pm at the Lyric Theater. Monica Blackmun Visona`, Ph.D. is giving a gallery talk in the exhibit of African objects hosted by the Lyric Theater,  addressing questions like:

•      If you purchase a statue from an African vendor, are you stripping the continent of its cultural heritage? 

•      Why would sculptors in Cameroon create bronze images of Nigerian king?  

•      Is the mask that you purchased in Kinshasa worth any money today?  

Remember that the Roots and Heritage festival will in full swing, so leave enough time to find a place to park.

September 9, 8:00 pm at Transylvania University 
Malian artist will be performing at Transylvania University. The concert is free and it's at 8pm.  More details on the event can be found in the link below.
http://www.transy.edu/about/spotlight/SidiTourePoster.pdf

Thursday Sept. 12 at 10 PM
Free screening of THE GREAT GATSBY, co-sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta and the Night Night Film Series. Get there early, at 9:30 or so, to get a good seat, free popcorn, and a chance to win our drawing or our trivia contest.  Prizes include copies of THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel, set at Princeton University),  the soundtrack to GATSBY, Starbucks giftcards, and more.

Sleep Dealer is set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences where three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology

Thursday, September 19 5:30
Diversity in the Headlines: Stand Your Ground- A Dialogue on the Trayvon Martin Trial
Thursday, September 19^th in the Martin Luther King Center @ 5:30pm - Soup Provided!!!
 
Sep. 25th, 7:30 PM at the MLK Center. Gustavo Arrellano, author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America and the syndicated Ask a Mexican column, will be giving a talk for the UK's Year of Mexico.

Oct 8 Carnegie Center - Kentucky Great Writers series reading event. 

The fun starts at 7:00 with an open mic, and we hope GCWA members will come out and read their works! There is a 3 minute limit per reader. Then at 7:30, we’ll have readings by thriller writer David Bell (Never Come Back), Affrilachian Poet Kelly Norman Ellis (Offerings of Desire), and Kentucky Literary Award Winner James C. Nicholson (Never Say Die). Admission is free.